diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d5e96e95e1..946124025d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6199,7 +6199,8 @@ if enabled libcdio; then
     die "ERROR: No usable libcdio/cdparanoia found"
 fi
 
-enabled libxcb && check_pkg_config libxcb "xcb >= 1.4" xcb/xcb.h xcb_connect
+enabled libxcb && check_pkg_config libxcb "xcb >= 1.4" xcb/xcb.h xcb_connect ||
+    disable libxcb_shm libxcb_shape libxcb_xfixes
 
 if enabled libxcb; then
     enabled libxcb_shm    && check_pkg_config libxcb_shm    xcb-shm    xcb/shm.h    xcb_shm_attach